Star Trek to Reality
Like automatic doors, touchscreen computers and teleporters before it, something else from the world of Star Trek has become a reaily.
The Air Force is working on transparent aluminum, which in the Trek universe, was given to the 20th Century via a time paradox, as Scotty gave it to a company so he could build humback whale-sized aquariums. This was all in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, probably the most watchable movie for non-fans, and at least as good as Wrath of Khan in my book.
Basically, transparent aluminum would be able to act like glass, excpet for the fact that it is metal, and thus less prone to shattering. Very cool.
(Hat Tip: Slashdot)
The Air Force is working on transparent aluminum, which in the Trek universe, was given to the 20th Century via a time paradox, as Scotty gave it to a company so he could build humback whale-sized aquariums. This was all in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, probably the most watchable movie for non-fans, and at least as good as Wrath of Khan in my book.
Basically, transparent aluminum would be able to act like glass, excpet for the fact that it is metal, and thus less prone to shattering. Very cool.
(Hat Tip: Slashdot)
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